I Heart Cinco de Mayo

I have a new favorite holiday.

Cinco de Mayo, while not necessarily a part of my birth heritage, has officially now become Ms. H's Favorite Holiday.

Although I do admire, respect, and appreciate the contribution made by the Mexican army in their squashing of the French...and am incredibly thankful that it has been Spanish, rather than French, that has influenced culture, language, and cuisine in this part of the country (the main reason I can function in Spanish is because of the cognate-factor!)......at this moment, the factor that makes Cinco de Mayo a LOCK for Ms. H's Favorite Holiday is....

I don't have to go to school tomorrow!!

No va a la escuela!!

Which means (until Monday at least) I have achieved blessed independence from the following things:

squirrels

Junior Theme

real shoes

computer labs

obnoxious squirrels

cranky colleagues

lazy squirrels

thesis statements

a schedule

squirrels in computer labs

Hearing "Miss!!" in crankysquirrelvoices

thoughts of squirrel-icide

I am quite sure you are bemoaning the complete and total sadness of my existence without said items. Take heart, my blogland friend.